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MD Comptroller Promotes Tax-Free Week

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BALTIMORE (AP) - Comptroller Peter Franchot is highlighting the upcoming tax-free week in Maryland.

Franchot will be in Baltimore to meet with retailers and local officials to discuss Shop Maryland Tax-Free Week.

It begins Sunday and runs through Aug. 15.

Qualifying clothing and foot wear prices $100 or less will be exempt from Maryland's 6 percent sales tax.

Franchot will be promoting the upcoming tax-free week at various events throughout the week in Queenstown, Annapolis, Bethesda and Waldorf.

Don Rush is the News Director and Senior Producer of News and Public Affairs at Delmarva Public Media. An award-winning journalist, Don reports major local issues of the day, from sea level rise, to urban development, to the changing demographics of Delmarva.